Disclosure : This site contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

A Journey Back in Time Through Maps

In our modern day and age, when satellite imagery and GPS services like Google Maps, offer strikingly accurate images of the world, we can easily forget that for most of human history the world was an unknown tabula rasa on which cartographers, scientists, men of god, and kings imprinted their own dreams and ideals. In our modern day and age, when satellite imagery and GPS services like Google Maps, offer strikingly accurate images of the world, we can easily forget that for most of human history the world was an unknown tabula rasa on which cartographers, scientists, men of god, and kings imprinted their own dreams and ideals.. We will juxtapose 18th century Buddhist cartography in Japan with European mercantile maps of the same period. We will travel with speculative cartographers and they argue in the scientific academies of Paris, London, and St. Petersburg over theories about what `must` fill the great unknown. We will observe the emergence of the modern world view through the cartographic lens. We will see how, much like reading a long lost childhood diary, old maps are touching earnest reminders that our former selves` knowledge and perception of the world are rich and limited at the same time. AUTHOR: Kevin J. Brown is a rare map dealer based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the owner of Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, is one of the largest and most active firms specialising in antiquarian cartography in the United States. He has dealt with countless rare maps from all periods covering all regions. Kevin continues to have a passion for rare maps and always looks forward his next cartographic discovery.

Related Products:

Atlas: A World of Maps from the British Library Atlas of World War II: History`s Greatest Conflict Revealed Through Rare Wartime Maps and New Cartography Great City Maps The Natures of Maps – Cartographic Constructions of the NaturalWorld Maps That Changed the World Transit Maps of the World: Every Urban Train Map on Earth Maps and Dreams A History of the Second World War in 100 Maps Journey Through Wine: An Atlas: 56 Countries, 100 Maps, 8000 Years of History The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps Atlas: A World of Maps from the The British Library Celestial Atlas: A Journey in the Sky Through Maps Victorian Maps of England: The county and city maps of Thomas Moule Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey Lost Maps of the Caliphs Maps Quiz Book: Brain Teasers for Wherever You Are in the World Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps A New Map of Wonders: A Journey in Search of Modern Marvels Colour Your Own Historical Maps Kevin Vargic`s Miscellany of Curious Maps: Mapping Out the Modern World Fifty Maps and the Stories they Tell Germany: BKG 200K Topographic Maps Talking Maps Germany: BKG 200K Regional Road Maps Antique Maps 2022 Wall Calendar Globalography: Our Interconnected World revealed in 50 Maps Modern Maps 1000 Piece Jigsaw National Geographic Visual Atlas Of The World, 2nd Edition: Fully Revised and Updated Maps of Iceland: Antique Maps of Iceland 1482-1850 Rivers Run: An Angler`s Journey from Source to Sea World Maps International Political UPSIDE-DOWN Wall Map LARGE PAPER Journey Without Maps Default ThumbnailMap: Exploring The World, midi format The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey Into Greenland`s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future The Story of Maps Old Folding Maps Reproductions of Historical Maps Default ThumbnailSouth Africa: Slingsby Maps Hiking Maps of the Cape Peninsula Map: Assembling the World in an Image: Exploring the World